Chin (John Yehall) Elementary vs Sutro Elementary

Chin (John Yehall) Elementary and Sutro Elementary sit just 3.9 miles apart in San Francisco and are remarkably close competitors at the top of California's elementary school rankings. Both schools earn an overall rating of 9.4/10, with Chin ranked #49 of 9,533 California schools and Sutro ranked #50 of 9,533 — a one-position gap that reflects just how evenly matched these two schools are by every composite measure.

The clearest separation between the two schools appears in academic proficiency. Chin (John Yehall) Elementary scores a perfect 10.0/10 on academics versus Sutro Elementary's 9.7/10 — a meaningful 0.3-point difference at the high end of the scale. Growth scores are identical: both Chin and Sutro post a 9.7/10, meaning students at each school show equivalent year-over-year learning gains relative to California peers. Families prioritizing current tested proficiency will find Chin's academic edge concrete, even if small.

On demographics and classroom structure, Chin (John Yehall) Elementary enrolls 253 students with a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1, while Sutro Elementary enrolls 248 students at a slightly lower 22.5:1 ratio — a marginal difference in class size that's unlikely to drive a decision on its own. The free and reduced-price lunch rate diverges more noticeably: 75% of Chin's students qualify versus 64% at Sutro, indicating that Chin serves a higher share of lower-income families and operates with a more economically diverse student body.

Both Chin (John Yehall) Elementary and Sutro Elementary serve grades KG through 05, so neither school offers a structural advantage in grade span. There are no program or level distinctions in the available data to separate them further. In practical terms, these are two extraordinarily high-performing San Francisco elementary schools where the differences are narrow — proficiency favors Chin by a small margin, class size is marginally smaller at Sutro, and Sutro's population skews modestly less economically disadvantaged.